Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.
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Save the planet. Save the environment. Save America from fascism. Rightwing extremists should be in prison if they committed crimes. Flip the House & Senate.
🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have now secured commitments for all 218 signatures needed to force a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
Massie, Khanna Say They Have Secured 218 Signatures for New Epstein Files Vote
The announcement comes hours after MeidasTouch reported the discharge petition was just two signatures short of the threshold needed to force a House vote.
meidasnews.com
Raoul: The president is a combination of the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. He needs a brain and a heart, and Congress is a Cowardly Lion that needs courage to stand up…
Among the specific promises to make life in #Oregon more affordable: creating a path to universal preschool, stopping #AI use in insurance claim denials, increasing the number of behavioral health workers and expanding affordable housing. @tinakotek.bsky.social
"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth." Note: Multiple sources indicate this is true.
Massie: GOP leaders found ‘other Republicans’ who would join Hegseth impeachment push
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegse...
yahoo.com
ICE director nomination pulled "The White House on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a Republican blocked his confirmation hearing."
White House pulls stalled ICE director nominee
The Oklahoma state trooper had no experience leading a major law enforcement agency but was close to the Homeland Security secretary.
politico.com
The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
McConnell is basically still on paid medical leave… as an unresponsive husk in a wheelchair, you’ll have a hard time convincing me that he’s doing his job. For that matter, you’d have a hard time convincing me that he ever did. ☯️⚖️✌️
Lt. Gov. Hashmi's leadership has always been about delivering for the people she serves—from lowering costs and expanding access to healthcare to defending reproductive freedom and voting rights. I’m proud to have her support.
Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi@ltgovhashmi.bsky.social · 2d agoI’m proud to endorse Michigan’s Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social for U.S. Senate. Dr. El-Sayed and I come from a shared tradition of education and public service, and we both understand the responsibilities that come with a focus on building resilient and healthy communities.
So. #education matters. www.reddit.com/r/podculture...
From the podculture community on Reddit: Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on Trump's 35-person cabinet - “Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, wher...
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From Josh Helfgott: Alfredo Fajardo handed ICE his work permit, his driver's license, and his state ID—only to be choked at gunpoint anyway. ICE then they denied him a phone call for 11 days, while his family believed he was dead. Held for months, and deported.
Seriously. What else will they expect him to vote on. Big decisions made by someone who can't function. #mitch #GOPcorruption #fighttrumpfascism #Epstein www.reddit.com/r/PoursTea/c...
From the PoursTea community on Reddit: Serious question for doctors and attorneys: If Mitch McConnell was brought to your office in his current state would he be allowed to make his own healthcare dec...
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🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
A new global poll found declining comfort with either the United States or China taking a leading role in world affairs, even as support for international cooperation remained steady. Via @washingtonsun.bsky.social #subscribe #read #vote
But it’s not true. Your #donation today doesn’t just fund yard signs, campaign offices, gas in the car, or TV ads… It will decide the outcome of this #election and if we can actually finally send Lauren #Boebert packing. @eileenforco.bsky.social
The Constitution is a promise that has never once kept itself. Though it waits, every generation, to find out whether the people living under it will. It’s our turn to answer. And I refuse to believe we’re going to be the generation that went quiet. (Link below)
The people who've heisted the US government are international terrorist thieves seeking to steal the entire world's assets for themselves. Because unthinkably rich is not rich enough for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
theguardian.com
Wow @adamkinzinger.substack.com!! Spot on again. The #Constitution didn’t march across Edmund Pettus Bridge. People did & got beaten bloody for it, and forced the country to honor promises the parchment had made a century earlier and never kept. The Constitution didn’t give women right to #vote.
True. If You're Counting Time Spent On The Chamber Floor....🤔
